Day: May 18, 2022

CAPPA launches #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge …urges govt to enforce ban on TAPS

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By Omocho Kalu The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has launched the #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge which seeks to increase awareness on the hazards of smoking as well as increase the pool of youths campaigning against the habit. The competition is targeted at youths in the 18–35-year bracket. Contestants are expected to create a video of not more than two minutes and twenty seconds (2:20mins) with messages on the dangers of smoking and a call to action which is essentially to urge the Nigerian government to enforce the…

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BREAKING: Court affirms Adeleke Osun PDP Governorship candidate
Adeleke

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By Gabriel Nwaneri Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16th, this year (2022). The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi seeking to be declared the candidate of the PDP. He nullified the primary election that produced Babayemi, which held at WOCDIF event center, Osogbo on March 8, 2022. The judgement was delivered amidst heavy security and lasted for…

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Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s application for bail

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By Mandy Park The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, Wednesday, May 18, declined to grant bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government slammed against him. Trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako held that Kanu must explain why he breached the previous bail granted to him, before he could enjoy another favourable discretion from the court. Justice Nyako held that “Until the issue of absence of the defendant for his trial,…

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